Best of

the Twin Cities

Best Diner

Bonnie's Cafe

The smell of hash comes wafting through the screen door of Bonnie's Cafe, welcoming the homesick into a quaint, lime-green-colored dining room. Spread out on a table are the sports sections of daily newspapers, and at the counter, the same knife that just dissected sausage now cools itself in a cup of butter, soon to be smeared atop a cinnamon roll. Abundant and made-to-order meals with limitless coffee and conversation — that's just the way Juanita "Bonnie" Roell envisioned this place nearly four decades ago. Though she died last spring, her legacy is very much alive at this diner.